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For a Greater, Better Palacios Country—Agriculture, Industry, Commerce, LivingSUBSCRIPTION $1.75 AND $2.00 PER YEARPALACIOS, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12. 1940VOLUME XXXIII NUMBER 50mmamm nrector is securedMilitary Ball Planned to HonorCarri|p4ulen Commander WillBe Season’s Gala Social EventtAy4fcPublic Sing'■ Planned For. Xmas Carols —1Palacios is to conduct a programof the season spirit which will provean outstanding event for the com-munity in the form of a ChristmasCarol sing which is to be commun-ity wide, according; to plans beingperfected by the Chamber of Com-merce, L. C. English, manager ofthat organization has announced.Every citizen is invited to attendthe sing and witness what promisesto be somethig really different.Soldiers and their families are es-pecially invited, as it is believedthat this time of the year is idealto launch a move to close the gapbetween the soldier and civilianwhich usually exists in communi-ties adjacent to troop concentra-tions, he said.This program will be conductedat the high school athletic field at8:30 p. m. on December 19, and'will include various artistic andelectrical effects depicting manyChristmas scenes such as the HolyCity, the Three Wise Men, $nd oth-ers. The High School Glee club willlead the singing under the directionof J. D. Park, chairman of thisevent. Plans are underway to pro-vide special features such as organmusic, and musical numbers by art-ists now receiving training at thePalacios military post, Camp Hu-len.The chamber is proud to announcethat Chaplain Edwin T. Cook, ofCamp Hulen, will address the gath-ering with a few remarks appro-_ priate to the season, Mr. Englishstated.The committee composed of J.D. Park, W. E. Sullivan, Elizabeth' Sisson, Bud Bremer, J. J. Douglas,and J. G. M. Ramsey deserve muchcredit for their untiring efforts inmaking this night of song possible,”, he continued, “and all are hoping,i|. that a large turnout is had that™ * evening.”Affair To Be HeldOn Pavilion, NightOf December 27Lt. Witt ExplainsRecreation NeedsTo Rotary ClubPlans for a Military Ball to beheld December 37 at the Pavilion:under the auspices-of the Chamberof Commerce in honor of Harvey C. Recreational problems as they ap-Allen, Brigadier-General, U. S. A.,' ply to the military authorities andcommanding general of Camp Hu-j the civilian components of the arealen, are rapidly being completed it, immediately surrounding trainingwas announced Tuesday by I,.- C.! centers established under the Na-Red Cross AnnualMeeting To Bo HeldIn Bay City, Dec. 13The Annual meeting of the Mata-gorda County Chapter, AmericanRed, Cross Will be held Friday, De-cember 13th at 8:00 P. M. at theFirst Christian Church in Bay City.All persons who have joined theRed Cross during the Roll Call aremembers and are invited to attendthis meeting and cast their votein the lection of officers for thecoming year.Present officers of the Chapterare Tom Hale, chapter chairman;English, manager of the PalaciosChamber of Commerce.Specially arranged decorationsare being planned through the co-operation of the management ofthe Pavilion and every indicationpoints to the belief that his willprove to be the outstanding socialevent of the year, he said.The Ball, which will be strictlymilitary in character, has been wel-comed enthusiastically by the of-ficers of Camp Hulen and theirwives and is the first purely socialevent to be held for the commis-sioned personnel of the trainingcenter since the arrival of thetroops. It is expected that some 300officers and their ladies will attendthe funcion as well as many invit-ed guests from among the civiliansof this section.Many special features are beingarranged by committees selected]from among the officers of Cam])Hulen and their wives. One commit-tee is composed of officers who willhave charge of arrangements asthey pertain to the men and an-other composed of the wives ofofficers will arrange for the careof the ladies and their special formsof entertainment.First Lieut. William H. Witt, Mil-itary Intelligence Officer for thecamp, has been detailed to work inco-operation with Mr. English inoverseeing the general details ofthe event.Other officers who will serve onthe committee making detailedplans to assure the success of theBall are:Captain Chester Cutler, 211th C.A. (AA); Captain James H. Fish,197th C. A. (AA); Captain WilliamH. Harlan, Medical Detachment;Lieut. John E. Moore, 203rd C. A.(AA); Lieut. David Cooper, officeof Construction Quartermaster undLieut. William H. Barnett, CampHeadquarters.The Camp Ladies ArrangementCommittee is composed of Mrs. Al-bert E. Colburn, wife of ColonelColburn, 197th C. A. (AA); Mrs.Paul Brewer, wife of Major Brewer,Construction Quartermaster; Mrs.Don J. Silsby, wife of Captain Sils-by, 203rd C. A. (AA); Mrs. G. J.Luebben, wife of Captain Luebben,Provost Marshal and Mrs. WilliamE. Barnett, Camp Headquarters.This event is expected to pavethe way for further social activitieswhich will create a closer feelingPaid WorkerSent By WPATo Aid CityWill Co-operateWith C. of C. InPlay ProgramArrangements for a full timeRecreational Director for Palaciosto supervise an organized and sys-tematized program of amusementand recreation for the citizens ofPalacios and the soldiers of CampHulen were announced by Chamberof Commerce officials Wednesday.R. P. Newsom, president of thatbody, advised that these arrange-ments had been made through theco-operation of the Works ProgressAdministration facilities and thatthe salary of the director will bepaid by that governmental agency.The headquarters of the directorwill be established in the Chamberof Commerce building and the pro-gram will be deveoped underthe auspices of the local chamberand with its co-operation.District Recreational SupervisorRyan, of the W. P. A., was in Pa-lacios Wednesday and conferredwith Mr. Newsom and L. C. Eng-lish, manager of the Chamber ofCommerce, at which time these ar-rangements were completed.Because of the importance of thiswork and the great need now exist-ing in Palacios, it was stated, theappointment of the director will bemade as quickly as possible andwork will get under way promptly,reational needs of the soldiers while1 Present plans call for the work tooff duty, the General had declared, be started not later than next week,and Lieutenant Witt stated thatGeneral Allen had appointed a Liaitional Defense program were dis-cussed by Lt. William H. Witt, ofCamp Hulen, Post Intelligence Of-ficer and a member of the staff ofBrigadier-General Harvey C. Allen,commanding that camp, at the regu-lar meeting of the Palacios Rotaryclub Wednesday.After reading excerpts from anaddress delivered by General GeorgeC. Marshall, Chief of Staff of theUnited States Army, in which cer-tain phases of the problems facingthe Army in regards to the propertraining of the youth of the coun-try were discussed, Lieutenant Wittbrought a generalized subject clos-er to home by explaining just howthe General’s remarks applied toPalacios.All commanders of training cen-ters have been ordered to contactand co-operate with local commit-tees appointed to care for the rec-Palacians Plan to Attend RoadCelebration at RaymondvilleAs New Highway Is OpenedMr. English said.Clean entertainmentwithson Recreation Welfare Committee wholesome environment for bothMoyes Livengood, vice-chairman;A. H. Wadsworth, treasurer; Stuart of friendly relations between mcm-L. Reed, secretary. Members of the] bers of the military personnel and. Executive Board will be eleetd also the citizens of Palacios in theat the Annual Meeting. Present future not only in social affairs butmembers are F. 0. Montague, Laural in a» other activities as well; it was< ; Pier, Ernest Deutsch, Mrs. R. G. pofhted out by both civilian amiWertz, A. Greenberg, all of Bay( military people;City; Mrs. Wm. Clements, Palacios;--'Mrs. Della Braden, Blessing, Mrs. PIE SUPPER FRIDAY NIGHTJo Smith, Sargent, Guy Myrick, BENEFIT SCHOOL CAFETERIACedar Lane; Mrs. Amos Duffy,Matagorda. The Associated Clubs are havingAccording to unofficial statistics a pie supper at the Methodistthe Matagorda Chapter has exceed- Church, tonight Friday, Decembered 2000 members during its Roll] 13, for the benefit of the School. Call just completed. This is the best Cafeteria. Try to be there and enfrom among the officers of thecamp who will function in that ca-pacity for Camp Hulen, to co-op-erate with such agencies as areavailable in Palacios.While the military authoritiesare fully prepared to care for thespiritual as well as the physicalneeds of the soldiers through theCorps of Chaplains with one Chap-luin to every 1200 soldiers, the Lieu-tenant quoated General Marshallas saying that the off dhty hoursof the soldiers were the main re-sponsibility of the civilian popula-tion surrounging the camps.local citizens and the youth in train-ing at Camp Hulen is the objectof the plan. It has been pointed outby various officials and agenciesthat unwholesome and undesirableforms of entertainment spring upalmost over night when large con-centrations of soldiers or workersoccur. It is to overcome this typeof recreation by offering the mena better and more wholesome at-mosphere for their leisure time thatthe project has been instituted.It is the belief of many officialswho have had experience in suchmatters, it has been pointed out,Lieutenant Witt suggested that that both soldiers and civilians ap-the people of Palacios consider the| predate proper recreational facili-kind of entertainment they would j ticg and when they are availableRoll Call in History of the Chap-ter and shows an increasing inter-est in Red Cross work. Some goldpins will bid awarded by Stuart L.Reed, Roll Call Chairman to thoseoutstanding Roll Cdll workers atthe supper proceeding the AnnualMeeting.George M. Curtis is spending afew days with homefolks. He iBnow stationed at' Savannah, Ga.joy an evening of fellowship as wellas a piece of pie also help swell thefund for the School Cafeteria.Mr. and Mrs, Merle Ramsey arethe proud parents of a fine babygirl born Monday, Dec. 9.Patrick Henry, State Secretary ofthe Texas Christian MissionarySociety, of Fort Worth was a busi-ness visitor in Palacios Friday.prefer to have offered their sonsif they were sent to some other sec-tion of the country under similarconditions.The soldier of the United StatesArmy is just an average person, hesaid, with an average persons likesand dislikes, preferences and de-sires. They do not necessarily taketo places of unwholesome atmo-sphere und if proper places are of-fered them for clean and whole-some entertainment the placeswhich cater to vice and undesirableamusements will quickly disappearfrom lack of patronage.Not only does the type of enter-tainment and amusement which isavailable to the soldier have a tre-mendous effect upon the after lifeof the soldier, he said, but it alsoeffects his efficiency as a memberof the personnel charged with theduty of providing for the defenseof the country.Following his talk LieutenantWitt and several members of theclub participated in a round tabicdiscussion of these problems. TheLieutenant expressed much satis-faction and pleasure to learn thatmany attempts were now beingplanned to cure for s.uch protl-ms.So far various • agencies have beenconducting their own individual af-fairs designed to relieve the situa-tion but with the announcementthat certain centralized plans areunder way it appeared that he prob-lem was well on he way to solution.It was announced there that theChamber of Commerce and theWorks Progress Administrationhave evolved a plan for a full timerecreational director to be stationedhere to cope with just such condi-tions as were described and thethe unwholesome and undesirableforms disappear through lack ofpatronage.“With an organized program ofthis nature,” Mr. English said, “webelieve that we have made a start,at least, in meeting one of the manyresponsibilities of this city withreference to its youth and those ofCamp Hulen. Other problems andother responsibilities will be metas they arise.Aliens AreWarned AboutRegistrationAlien registration will end onDecember 26 and all non-citizenswho have not yet registered arewarned that severe penalties willfollow failure to comply with thisFederal law.All aliens, 14 years of age andolder, must register in person andbe fingerprinted.Alien children, under 14, must beregistered by their parents orguardians.Registration takes place at thepost offices.There is no charge of any kindconnected with alien registration.The'Department of Justice warnsaliens to beware of racketeers.Th Post Office Department ofJustice will willingly assist the alienin every possible way.Earl G. Harrison, Director ofAlien Registration of the Depart-ment, suggests that those alienswho have not yet registered do soas soon as possible and avoid the ]Others Are AskedTo Notify C. of C.If Able To AttendDefinite arrangements for atleast one automobile and four rep-resentatives from Palacios to jointhe motorcade to Raymondville toassist in celebrating the closing thelast gap in the Hug-The-CoastHighway to the Lower Rio GrandeValley have been made and othersare expected to join the local con-tingent before Monday afternoonwhen the motor caravan fromOrange and intermediate points isscheduled to reach this city at 3:40p. m. it was announced by GuyJohnson, chairman of the Chamberof Commerce committee chargedwith making all local arrangements.George Harrison has been select-ed by the board of the directors ofthe Chamber of Commerce to bethe official representative from Pa-lacios at this celebration which willmark the culmination of manyyears of work, enthusiasm, disap-pointment, rekindled enthusiasm,more work and finally success. Inaddition to Mr. Harrison. Mr. John-son, committee chairman, L. C.Christmas rush at the post offices, j English, manager of the Chamber. „ , . ... of Commerce, and Jack Niven, edi-All aliens are also warned that,, tor of The Beac wi„ make thehaving registered, they are requir- trj_ed to report any change in theirpermanent residence address withinfive days to the Immigration andNaturalization Service of the De-partment of Justice in Washington.Forms for this purpose are obtain-able at all post offices.No alien need De unprepared forthe questions he will be asked.Sample registration forms whichshow him exactly what informationhe will need at registration areavailable in all post offices.Hamlin-TylerMiss Pauline Hamlin, of thiscity, and Mr. Milton C. Tyler, ofSan Antonio, were .united in mar-riage Saturday night in Bay City,Rev. Paul Davis, pastor of the Bap-tist Church was the officiatingminister and the ceremony was per-formed at his home. They will maketheir home in this city where bothare employed.Mrs. Tyler has a host of friendsin Palacios with whom we join inextending congratulations.Mr. and Mrs. Walter Snider ac-companied the couple to Bay Cityand witnessed the nuptial vows.Mrs. B. C. Niven, accompanied byher aunt Mrs. Rose Hull, of Val-pariso, Nebr., Mrs. J. W. Dismukesand daughter, Mary, spent Mondayin Houston.concensus of opinion as expressedat the meeting was that with aspirit of co-operation between themilitary and the civilian populationthe question of proper entertain-ment facilities for the soldierswould be thoroughly and efficientlyhandled.Nfew Dry GoodsStore For Palacios;To Open SoonPreparations are going forwardapace for the opening of the C. RoseDry Goods Store which is to openfor business in the Ruthven build-ing Saturday. Truck loads of mer-chandise have been unloaded, fix-tures, shelves, tables and displaycounters are being installed andpainted and all of the hundred andone details necessary for the open-ing of a new business are being hur-ried in order to have every thingcomplete for the opening date ac-cording to C. Rose, the owner andproprietor of the business, who hasmoved here from Eagle Lake.Mr. Rose will carry a “snappyline” of medium and low pricedready-to-wear clothing for the en-tire family, he said in describingthe business he will operate here.He will stock such well-known ad-vertised brands of merchandise asScott’s Level Best work clothingand Endicott-Johnson shoes.Every article in his store willbe plainly marked as to quality andprice and there will be no deviationfrom those prices, he declared. Hewill be assisted in the managementof the business by his brother PaulRose and all other help will belocally employed. According to pres-ent plans he will employ at leastsix sales girls and in cases of rushbusiness perhaps more will be used.Mr. Rose has had over 16 yearsexperience in the dry goods busi-ness in Eagle Lake and East Texasbefore coming here. It is his inten-tion to move his family of his wifeand two children to Palasios assoon as he can find a home forthem. He is enthusiastic about thefuture possibilities of Palacios asa permanent home and place ofbusiness and states that it is his in-tention to take an active interest inall civic affairs and to do all in hispower to promote the progress andprosperity of the town.It has been pointed out that although a paved highway has beencompleted from the Louisiana lineto Brownsville and it has been com-monly termed the Hug-The-CoastHighway it follows the originalyplanned road only from Palacios tothe west and south to Brownsville.The real Hug-The-Coast Highwayto the east from Palacios will fol-low the coast line and will deviatebut little from the Intracoastal Ca-nal to Galveston and from there oninto New Orleans. Activity urgingthe completion of this section hasnot been abated, but on the otherhand, it has been declared it willcontinue with increased intensitynow that the lower gap has beenclosed.More attention is being paid tothis proposed section of the high-way at present because of its stra-tegic value for the movement oftroops and material in the NationalDefense Program. Although no def-inite committments have been madeit is expected that Federal aid maybe secured now that its importanceas a defense adjunct is being stress-ed.Mr. Johnson urges that all per-sons who can possibly arrange to at-tend this meeting do so as a largedelegation from Palacios will do agreat deal to advertise the town andthis section and will add weightC. of C. VigilanceGroup Formedto Aid MerchantsAppointment of a Vigilance Com-mittee of the Chamber of Commercewas proposed by L. C. English, new-ly elected executive manager of thatbody, and approved at the regularmeeting of the Board of DirectorsTuesday night.The purpose of this committee,it was explained, is to examine thecredentials of various persons repre-senting many and sundry proposalsto the business men and citizens ofthe city and to determine if thevarous proposals and propositionsare bona-fide or otherwise.In the event an investigationproves those credentials to be satis-factory, a letter of approval will beissued which will indicate to themerchants and others approachedthat the credentials are in order,but, it was emphasized, in no in-stance will the Chamber of Com-merce recommend the acceptanceof any proposition by the merchant.This service by the Chamber ofCommerce, will save the merchantsof this city many losses, it waspointed out by Mr. English, as inmost thriving communities, rackets,schemes and questionable advertis-ing plans are offered, many ofwhich do not warrant the considera-tion of the business man.It is hoped and expected by theChamber of Commerce that thebusiness institutions of the city willco-operate in this protective moveby refusing to consider any typeof solicitation or proposals for ad-vertising which do not have the ap-proval of the Vigilance Committeeas to credentials and that the agentis duly authorized to make suchsolicitation.Mr. English, as manager of theChamber of Commerce, will headthis committee and will be assist-ed in making such investigationsas are necessary by R. J. Sissonand J. G. M. Ramsey.Palacios SharksOpen Cage SeasonWith Win WednesdayThe Palacios High School basket-ball team got off to a good startwith a 37 to 17 victory over Bless-ing High School. The Sharks show-ed that they develop into a realpassing club by working the ballunder the basket.Blessing using a very close de-to urgings for the completion of the' fense during the first half led theroad to the east. Any person who Sharks 10 to 8 b'ut the Sharks solv-can do so is requested to inform the ed that very nicely by taking long-Chamber of Commerce to that ef-J er shots at the basket,feet at the chamber offices on Main Outstanding for the Sharks werestreet and efforts will be made to joe Richards, and Bobby Margcrumarrange for transportation for those at forwards, Garland Brooking andnot able to furnish their own.Considerable attention has beenpaid to arrangements of the pro-gram to he offered for the enter-Glendale Claybourn at guards, andBilly Hockey at center. Genn Buf-falo showed possibilities of develop-ing into a first rate ball player.tainment of those attending. Among Little Bobbie Margerum will with-iled are a out doubt be the best ball handlerthe many events scheduledrodeo, including a horse back quad-rill, a parade, five bands, freelunch, amateur contests, all daybingo game, free street dance, bandconcerts and many special featuressuch as a sample of Charro Days,Brownsville’s unique fiesta, train-ed animal acts and many otherevents.The Palacios delegation Will wearhat ribbons of red silk bearing theword PALACIOS in large lettersand will have a supply of yards fordistribution along the way and atthe Raymondville gathering. ;The ribbon for the hat bands wasdonated by Brandon’s store and theprinting was done by The Beacon.The cards which will be distrib-(Seo “HIGHWAY,” Page 6)on the club. Other potential pros-pects are Dec Hayward, Jean Koer-ber, James Resslar, and Don Pel-ham. These last mentioned boystook the Blessing "B” team in greatstyle by an 18 to 5 score. With alot of hard work Palacios shouldhave a fairly good cage season.The schedule so fur is as fol-lows:Dec. 18—Port Lavaca, There.Jan. 7, Louise, there.January 9, Blessing, there.Jan. 10, Port Lavaca, Here,Jan. 17, Louise, here.Games will soon be scheduledwith Ganado, El Campo, Bay Cityand Bloomington.Patronize BEACON Advertisers,